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Congratulations to Dedra Simmons, owner of Pookie Crack Cakes, located at 105 E. 47th Street in Bronzeville.

The Chicago Reader reports, "Simmons says that her business has sold out of cakes every single day since it opened its doors in July 2023. The approximately 600 cakes that she and her staff hand-make daily sell out so fast that the store is typically closing before 1 PM.

If you get to Pookie Crack Cakes early enough, you’ll find a case full of small loaf cakes at the store’s entrance. There are at least eight flavors to choose from daily, including her signature, butter pecan praline, the cake that she says started it all. 'That was the only flavor that I made for four years, from 2014 to 2018,' she reflects. She created an original recipe for the bundt cake but continues to use her great-grandmother’s glaze recipe to top it off. Along with the butter pecan praline, she also makes red velvet, strawberry lemonade, Chocolate Oreo Dream, caramel, key lime, and lemon cakes."

📸 Shira Friedman-Parks

https://chicagoreader.com/food-drink/food-drink-feature/pookie-crack-cakes/?mc_cid=b3400a6767&mc_eid=e9f6dd83bb